Developer and supermarket giant to create 1,280 homes with London urban-village project

A multi-million pound development set to deliver over a thousand homes has been given the green light.

Weston Homes and partner Tesco have received a resolution to grant planning permission from the London Borough of Redbridge to transform a 10 acre site into a new mixed-use urban-village development.

Under the plans, a 10.4 acre Tesco store and car park site at 822 High Road in Goodmayes will be transformed into Lorimer Village, a new £0.5bn mixed-use scheme.

The site will comprise 14 medium-rise residential towers, rising from 10 to 22 storeys, with biodiverse and brown roofs, connected at podium level to form nine linked buildings, and provide 1,280 new one, two, three and four bedroom homes.

Bob Weston, chairman & chief executive of Weston Homes, commented: “Weston Homes is delighted to have gained a resolution to grant planning for Lorimer Village, which [we] will be delivering with our partner Tesco.

“Lorimer Village is one of several projects where Weston Homes is partnering with Tesco, regenerating unused land for new mixed tenure housing and employment generating commercial space.

“There is an urgent need to provide more low-cost housing for Londoners so collaborations like this between major retailers and housebuilders makes an important contribution.”